How to comment on planning applications

To comment online, please have the planning application number ready (e.g. 11/00001/P). Search for the application using Planning Online. Once you have selected your application, a comment function will be available.

Is there a time period for making a comment/representation?

It is important to be aware that there are time limits within which you must submit your comments to the Council:

If you
have been notified through a neighbour notification notice, or made aware
through a site notice posted at the site or though the statutory planning notice
in the local press then you have 21 days, from whichever is the later date
given in the aforementioned notice(s), to submit your comments. In exceptional
circumstances the planning case officer may agree an extension to this period.

What you can comment on

We can take into account material planning considerations. These cover a wide range of issues including:

loss of privacy

loss of trees

loss of daylight

visual appearance

traffic generation and road safety

noise or smell

development plan

impact on listed buildings and/or conservation areas

impact of increased activity

Matters that are not material to planning application assessment and cannot be considered include:

requirements under building regulations or other non-planning laws such as structural stability, fire precautions or the like

private issues between neighbours such as party wall disputes, damage to property, private rights of ways, covenants or the like